Introduction to cyber security Quotes

“We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. More and more, our lives depend on online, digital services. Almost everything can be done online – from shopping and banking to socialising and card making – and all of this makes the internet, also known as cyberspace, an attractive target for criminals.”
― The Open University, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

“Conficker was a harbinger of the advanced criminal malware – such as Cryptolocker – that is a major threat to today’s users.”
― The Open University, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

“Conficker,”
― The Open University, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

“Perhaps the most famous of these experiments was the 1988 Morris Worm – the first worm to spread over the internet. The supposed intent of this worm was to gauge the number of machines connected to the network. However, the result was to slow down the operation of infected machines to the point of being unusable. Worms continue to represent a major threat, as shown by the case of the Conficker Worm of 2008.”
― The Open University, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online